Tiquisate
Municipality and town
Country Guatemala
DepartmentEscuintla Department
Area
[1]
 • Total181 sq mi (468 km2)
Elevation
299 ft (91 m)
Population
 (2018 census)[2]
 • Total57,292
 • Density320/sq mi (120/km2)
ClimateAm

Tiquisate (Spanish pronunciation: [tikiˈsate]) is a town, with a population of 29,193 (2018 census),[3] and a municipality in the Escuintla department of Guatemala.[1] The area is a major center of banana production, and the Tiquisate banana workers formed Guatemala's first private sector union in 1944.[4]

Tiquisate Municipality has a population of 57,292 in 2018, up from 33,667 in 1994.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 Plan Integral de Desarrollo, Tiquisate – Escuintila (in Spanish). 2005. p. 20. Retrieved 2017-12-25.
  2. ↑ Citypopulation.de Population of departments and municipalities in Guatemala
  3. ↑ Citypopulation.de Population of cities & towns in Guatemala
  4. ↑ Guatemala: dawn of a new banana age? "Guatemala: Dawn of a New Banana Age?" (PDF). 2012-08-01. Retrieved 2017-12-25.
  5. ↑ Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala (2013). "Diagnóstico, Socioeconómico, Potencialidades Productivas y Propuestas de Inversión: Municipio de Tiquisate Departamento de Escuintila" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-12-25.

14°17′N 91°22′W / 14.283°N 91.367°W / 14.283; -91.367


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